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Murray wrote: Wed Jan 03, 2024 9:31 pm I see Buster has put a footnote on his profile that he is thinking this might be the last year with the birds.
Obviously that is is his call to make, and no doubt he has good reasons, but it is a shame. When I was faced with the same decision lately I found I was not ready to get rid of the birds just yet.
I hope you will enjoy your pigeons for a while yet, Steve.

Devo1956 wrote: Thu Jan 04, 2024 3:25 pm It will be a sad day for you Buster, and i truly know that feeling. I found it so hard because it was happening over a few weeks, birds getting picked up on different days. Then the last day when the final birds got picked up, i was left with 2 empty lofts. They went the following week, and i was then walking into an empty back garden. I still miss them today and always will do.

Andy wrote: Thu Jan 04, 2024 9:38 pm

Buster121 wrote: Thu Jan 04, 2024 9:22 pm

Devo1956 wrote: Thu Jan 04, 2024 3:25 pm It will be a sad day for you Buster, and i truly know that feeling. I found it so hard because it was happening over a few weeks, birds getting picked up on different days. Then the last day when the final birds got picked up, i was left with 2 empty lofts. They went the following week, and i was then walking into an empty back garden. I still miss them today and always will do.

I'm missing them already and mine still here, it will be hard very hard indeed, I have thought about if I can get them right down in numbers that may help and still keep one loft and 20 or less birds in it

How many birds do you have Buster.

Trev wrote: Fri Jan 05, 2024 7:27 am

Devo1956 wrote: Thu Jan 04, 2024 3:25 pm It will be a sad day for you Buster, and i truly know that feeling. I found it so hard because it was happening over a few weeks, birds getting picked up on different days. Then the last day when the final birds got picked up, i was left with 2 empty lofts. They went the following week, and i was then walking into an empty back garden. I still miss them today and always will do.

Yes I had this on the Isle of Wight when I packed up, I managed to re home most of the younger birds but had to dispose of the older ones. I also had chickens at the time, I found homes for the hens but had half a dozen cockerels that had to go.
It was horrible and I wouldn't want to do it again.

Murray wrote: Sun Jan 07, 2024 8:45 am I gave away a lot of youngsters, but when the time came to move, I just packed up the old birds and bought the lot. All my talk about getting rid of some, well.....

Murray wrote: Sun Jan 07, 2024 9:41 amSnakes, mate.

George and Morgan wrote: Sun Jan 07, 2024 1:17 pm when they put new roofs on the garages a snake must have been living in one as it come into my garden the workmen wanted to kill it but had someone come and collect it was black and orange

Murray wrote: Sun Jan 07, 2024 8:18 pm

Buster121 wrote: Sun Jan 07, 2024 12:35 pm

Murray wrote: Sun Jan 07, 2024 8:45 am I gave away a lot of youngsters, but when the time came to move, I just packed up the old birds and bought the lot. All my talk about getting rid of some, well.....

Good to see you took em mate, looks a nice place how long before you move into your own place

There is a hold up with us taking possession of the house at St Arnaud. The elderly owners are going into a new unit, but not until end of January or early Feb. Then we want to do some renovations before we move in. So it could easily be 6 or 8 weeks, maybe a little longer. That's okay,

Andy wrote: Sun Jan 07, 2024 9:21 pm

Murray wrote: Sun Jan 07, 2024 8:43 pm Yes, we were in Bendigo for about 17 years, about 15 years at that house. But the plan was to sell up and by something smaller in the country and have some money left over. It appears to have worked.
We came to Australia 18 years ago, both of us from previous marriages, and without 2 shillings. Now we can retire and have no worries.

I have moved a few times but we have now been in our home with the shop for 20 years this year. I brought it initially with my ex-wife but have been with Roxanna for 19 years this year. We will now be here until we retire but will then sell up and hopefully like you will be able to buy a house outright and have enough to buy a large mobile/camper van if our health is good enough.